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The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends
Sophia Kingshill
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Description for The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends
Paperback. Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs. This title brings together: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. It also uncovers the events that inspired Shakespeare's "Macbeth." Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 432.
'A lovely compilation. It's the real macabre.' Terry Pratchett
'An impressive folkloric travel guide' Times Literary Supplement
Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs.
In The Lore of Scotland, Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions.
Their range extends right across the country, from the Borders with their haunting ballads, via Glasgow, site of St Mungo's miracles, to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House UK
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099547167
SKU
V9780099547167
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Sophia Kingshill
Jennifer Westwood was born in 1940 and studied English Language at Oxford, followed by Medieval Icelandic at Cambridge. A long-time member of the Folklore Society, she served as editor of FLS Books and also the journal Folklore. Her books include Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain (1985), Gothick Cornwall (1992), Lost Atlantis (1997), On Pilgrimage (2003) and The Lore of ... Read more
Reviews for The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends
Within a few minutes of this book arriving, I had put bookmarks in five places and was roaring through the index. A lovely compilation. It's the real macabre
Terry Pratchett An enthralling treasure chest of Scottish myths and legends ... With this incredible collection, Westwood and Kingshill have ensured that ... the stories of the past have now ... Read more
Terry Pratchett An enthralling treasure chest of Scottish myths and legends ... With this incredible collection, Westwood and Kingshill have ensured that ... the stories of the past have now ... Read more